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Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Chandigarh 30th July:-School of Public Health (SPH), PGI in partnership with Department of Health and Family Welfare of Punjab and Haryana State, is undertaking a project entitled, "Development of Integration Model for Health Promotion in a District Setting". The project aims to assess the situation of IEC/health education activities at a district level, build the capacity of staff for health promotion at district setting, develop an integrated model of health promotion, and implement it on pilot basis in the districts. If found feasible and successful,it will be replicated at state and national level under National Health Mission (NHM).

The situation analysis of IEC/BCC activities in the selected districts has already been carried out. The findings suggest that at present, the health promotion component is fragmented and not uniform across different health care levels at a district setting. It is yet to be recognized as a critical domain of health service delivery. Mostly the scope of IEC/BCC activities in the district is limited to distribution of IEC materials and conducting group sessions on reproductive health issues per se. The health system lacks integration of IEC/BCC activities within the existing national health programs with very little emphasis on NCD risk factors. There is no annual calendar of activities.

A draft of manual for building the capacity of the staff such as health workers and counselors has been developed. As a part of developing strategy for implementation and finalization of the manual, School of Public Health is organizing a 'State Level Stakeholders' Workshop for Strategic Planning' on 31st July, 2014 at School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh. This workshop will include 40 stakeholders of Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh besides officials from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and ICMR, New Delhi. State Mass Media Officer, Programme Officers of various national health programs, faculty from PGI, GMCH, Fine Arts College and Punjab University will be the participants.

Chandigarh 30th July:-To promote rich cultural heritage of north india, Mata Sahib Kaur Public School celebrated Monsoon Festival Teej with great fervour and enthusiasm. The school was decorated with flowers, balloons, ribbons and posters.The corridors were decorated with various works of art by students. Fancy dress and group song competition was organised at the moment. Young enthusiastic children beaming with joy and were looking confident to win the competition. The celebrations also included ride on swings, games and mehendi applying on their hands. Cultural show added life to the colourful atmosphere. Even the menu of day included monsoon special pakoras, puris, and kheer etc.

While speaking at the moment, Principal Ranjit Kaur lauded the efforts of the staff andstudents for participating with zeal and zest on thiseve, which hassocio- economic importance and stressed on the need to remain in touch with culture of Punjab and preserve it. She apprised students for making it memorable moment as well as importance of rain for crops and nature was also told to the students .She also urged the students to give special care to the cleanliness of our surrounding during monsoon.

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Chandigarh 29th July:-Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that it has crossed the 300 million customers mark across its operations. The milestone includes customers across mobile, fixed line & DSL, and DTH services.

Bharti Airtel, which began operations in 1995, reached the 100 million customers mark in 2009 and crossed the 200 million mark in 2012. The latest 100 million customers have joined the Airtel family in less than two years. The Company ranks as the fourth* largest mobile service provider globally and second* largest globally outside of China.

Gopal Vittal, Managing Director and CEO (India and South Asia)Bharti Airtel said, that this milestone underlines the strength of our operations, which is one of the largest on a global scale. It is also a tribute to the 'Airtel'brand which is trusted by customers in 20 countries, making it the largest global consumer brand out of India. Today, telecom is at the cusp of transformation, which, going forward will be driven as much by the force of technology as by the changing demographics in emerging markets across Asia and Africa. Accelerated data consumption by the youth is going to be the underlying story. I am confident that Airtel will continue to be at the forefront of this future growth story and continue to delight customers by adding value to their lives. Bharti Airtel has been one of the pioneers in India's telecom revolution over the past two decades. Its unique low-cost business model transformed the sector and helped in the proliferation of affordable mobile services. The Company is the largest telecommunications company in India by customers and revenue. It put India on the data superhighway when it launched the country's first 4G services in 2012.

In Africa, Bharti Airtel is the largest mobile operator in the Continent in terms of geographical footprint, which spans 17 countries with over 70 million customers. Airtel's mobile networks cover over 1.85 billion^ people across its operations in 20 countries and carry over 311 billion minutes of calls every quarter.

Chandigarh 29th July:-In effort to take Hospital Information System (HIS) forward, PGIMER has been focusing on implementing the computerized patient related services under Prof. Y.K.Chawla, Director PGIMER. Provision of viewing investigation report of New OPD patients through PGIMER web portal i.e. www.pgimer.edu.in for Biochemistry Lab is another step in this direction.This Web based facility is available in very secure manner by generating one time password (OTP) for the registered mobile number of the patient and same can be accessed by entering Cr. No. and Receipt No. of the payment made for the patient. This lab caters to a major proportion of the Biochemistry investigation/tests being undertaken by PGIMER. With the launch of this facility, reports of the tests will be available on PGIMER web portal for viewing from anywhere anytime for last fifteen days. Patients will get respite from difficult task of getting the paper based lab investigation report for Biochemistry Tests. More labs will be added soon.

The mobile no is entered in the system at the time of Registration & those who have wrong mobile no or have not provided their no at the time of registration can contact Central Registration Department (CRD) of the Institute.

Monday, 28 July 2014

Chandigarh 28th July:-Hallmark Public School, Panchkula organised a 4th Blood Donation Camp at its premises. S S Phulia, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, inaugurated the camp. As a pre-curser to the camp, this year, Hallmark Public School had added "Importance of Blood Donation" in its curriculum. 196 people registered & 171 Units of Blood was collected. The donors were awarded with souvenirs and certificates to make the event memorable for them.The blood camp was under the supervision of Dr. Manish Rai of Rotary Blood Bank Society, Sector 37, Chandigarh.

Jivtesh Garg, Director, Hallmark Public School, Panchkula said that the idea was to motivate students so as to raise their level of sensitivity towards important social causes. The educators explained to them their responsibilities towards society and the pivotal role of blood donation. The students were so enthused with the training that they made collages, art work etc related to blood donation, which was put up at the camp site.

Mrs. Kavita Wadhwa, Principal, said that Hallmark has institutionalized the blood donation camp and made it a yearly event. I feel with the major shortage of blood in our country; all schools and educational institutions should work in the direction of collecting this elixir of life, for use by medical fraternity to treat patients in dire need of blood.

Mohali 28th July:--Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh is going to be organized "20th Aryans Job Fest" on 21st August at Aryans Campus situated on Chandigarh-Patiala Highway, near Chandigarh. More than 100 Big and Small Companies are expected to participate in the Fest. The list of the companies and other details including job requirement, eligibility, package, posting etc. will be uploaded on Aryans website www.aryans.edu.in and students can get registered themselves on the website.

while giving this information,Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group said that thousands of candidates from North India are expected to participate in the Fest. He added that this would be second time in the region when such a large number of companies would be visiting any campus in a day. In this fest, job opportunities would be available for B.Tech, MBA, BBA, BCA, BA, B.Com, M.Tech, Diploma etc.Dr. Anshu Kataria said that in India, the number of unemployed educated youth is the highest. Thus such job fests provide the youth with great job opportunities. He also said that in Punjab itself, huge job opportunities are available but there is always a gap between job seeker and job provider. Thus Aryans always tries to bridge this gap.

Chandigarh 28th July:-The First Annual Public Health Lecture titled "Goings and Comings: Changing Patterns of Infectious Diseases in India" has been organised by the School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.

Professor Rajesh Kumar, Head, School of Public Health delivered the welcome address and highlighted the public health milestones of the Institute. The Department of Community Medicine which was started in 1977, was upgraded as School of Public Health in 2004. MPH course started on 27 July seven years ago. Dr. K.L.N. Rao, Professor and Head, Department of Paediatric Surgery and Acting Dean, PGIMER, introduced the speaker Dr. Richard Alan Cash, Director, Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.He expounded on the contribution of Dr. Richard Cash in Public Health, particularly his role indevelopment of Oral Rehydration Therapy which has saved many lives. Dr. Richard Cash described the changing patterns of infectious diseases. While the decline was attributable to innovations in vaccines, better diagnostic and treatment facilities, other factors were also responsible. He emphasized that one should be prepared to face challenges posed by infectious diseases in future. About 250 academicians and public health practitioners attended the Lecture.

Chandigarh 28th July:-The three-days Startup Weekend programme which were organised by Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce (SACC) and the Chandigarh Administration's Department of IT at Entrepreneur Development Centre (EDC) Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Parkculminated here today. From amongst the 89 participants who came up with their own ideas, 15 were shortlisted finally and the teams were formed accordingly to further develop their business plans which were judged by a panel of jury comprising Sofi Zahoor, Senior Director HR of Quark Media, Atul Gupta of Red Alkemi, and Sameer Guglani of Morpheus. David Lilliott, Deputy High Commissioner of UK was the chief guest, gave away the prizes to the top three teams. Charanjit Singh Kalra and his team who presented the EzzeSpray idea that reduced the consumption of pesticides protected the farmer from pesticide fumes. First runnersup were Hyonize and Team4U won the third prize.

Friday, 25 July 2014

Chandigarh 25th July:-Northern India has youngest population in the world with great enterprising spirit that could lead to transformation of the region with emphasis on Labour Intensive Manufacturing, Planned Urbanisation and Quality Infrastructure. Tis has been stated by Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India at CII Invest North 2014 here today.

Prem Narain, Chairman, OIFC & Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India emphasised on the role of states in creating enabling policies and models to attract investments and growth. Prem Narain suggested for structured engagement with the Indian Diaspora for engaging them with Indian growth story:

Speaking at the 3rd edition of CII Invest North, Malvinder Mohan Singh, Chairman – Invest North 2014 and Executive Chairman – Fortis Healthcare Ltd said that the conclave today has emerged as a great platform wherein there is participation from Northern State Governments and 20 countries. He also informed that around 120 one to one B2G meetings have been tied up for next two days which itself speaks volumes about the scale of this initiative. He further said that discussions held with State Governments during previous editions of the event has led to framing of new investor friendly industrial policies as well as to certain investment facilitative amendments in the existing policies.

Jayant Davar, Co-Chairman, Invest North 2014 & Co-Chariman & Managing Director, Sandhar Technologies Ltd in his concluding remarks opined that the two day conclave would provide an ideal platform for both investors and State Governments to understand and showcase the investment potential available in the region. The programme featured participation by Governments of Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and over 300 investors. Jayant Davar thanked the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotions and Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre to associate and support as Partner Ministry and Institutional Partner respectively.

Chandigarh 25th July:-B. Pranay Goud, a skating child prodigy of Hallmark Public School, Panchkula, will be awarded and honoured by the Hon'ble Human Resource Minister, India for his achievements in sports.

Mrs. Kavita Wadhwa, Principal, Hallmark Public School, that we have received a letter from Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India; mentioning the selection of B. Pranay Goud, for the felicitation ceremony based on his extraordinary commitment and achievements in sports in 2013-14. The ceremonial event -- 'Celebration of Excellence' organized by the CBSE is to be held from August 13 -15, 2014 at Delhi.

B. Pranay has been selected by CBSE from a wide field of National level sports' achievers, in the category of 'Skating'. His description reads: Best Skater Boys Under 10 Years. The reason for this is not difficult to fathom. In 2013, he won One Gold & One Silver at CBSE National Games, One Bronze at Roller Skating Federation of India games and One Silver at School Games Federation of India tourney. What's more, he bagged two Gold Medals at the CBSE Inter School Sports & Games Competition 2013-14 and One Gold medal at the CBSE North Zone-1, Skating Championship 2012.

According to Mr. Jivtesh Garg, Director, the school devised such a training time table which did not hinder B. Pranay's studies. So while his practice regimen took place, academics remained undisturbed." Apart from the honour ceremony, B Pranay will also participate in Independence Day Celebrations at Red Fort.

B.Pranay, said that he is elated at being selected for the National level event. He owe this achievement to his Hallmark Team and parents for their consistent motivation.

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Mohali 24th July:--The Permanent Lok Adalat of Mohali today dismissed an application filed by UCO Bank, Khizrabad against Jagmohan Singh of Khizrabad. The Permanent Lok Adalat directed the bank to pay Rs. 5000/- to Jagmohan Singh towards cost of litigation. The Permanent Lok Adalat (PUS) also directed the UCO Bank to recover the amount of loan, interest and cost from its official who instead of releasing the loan amount to Jagmohan Singh paid it to one Ram Lal. The Permanent Lok Adalat was presided by Jagroop Singh Mahal.

During conciliation proceedings it was found that the bank had delivered the cheque of Rs. 39,000/- to Ram Lal from whom Jagmohan Singh was alleged to have purchased the buffaloes. The bank did not hand over the cheque to Jagmohan Singh to ensure delivery of the buffaloes to him from Ram Lal. The loan amount was not deposited in the bank account of Jagmohan Singh nor the bank ensured that the cheque was given to Ram Lal only after the buffaloes are delivered to Jagmohan Singh. The contention of Jagmohan Singh was that neither he got the loan amount from the bank nor Ram Lal sold to him any buffaloes and it was a transaction between Ram Lal and the bank to defraud him by obtaining his signatures on certain papers. Even the subsidy amount though reported to have been released was never paid or deposited in the account of Jagmohan Singh. Jagmohan Singh had reported the matter to Police upon which a criminal case was registered in which the challan has been submitted in Court and charge has been framed against Ram Lal and Sham Lal. Keeping all these facts in view the Permanent Lok Adalat held that the bank has not proved if any loan was advanced to Jagmohan Singh and therefore dismissed their application with litigation cost of Rs. 5000/-. The bank was held entitled to recover the loan amount with interest and cost from those bank officials who had released the loan to Ram Lal instead of Jagmohan Singh.

Chandigarh 24th July:-Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to introduce general public pass system for city bus service in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Panchkula so as to enable people to travel at concessional fare in these towns.

While stating this here today, Transport Minister Aftab Ahmed said that the passes would be issued to travel within municipal limits for non-AC and AC buses on monthly, quarterly, half yearly and yearly basis. The rates for monthly bus pass would be Rs.450 and Rs.700 for ordinary buses and AC buses respectively. He said that quarterly bus passes would be issued at the rate of Rs. 1300 and Rs.2000 for ordinary buses and AC buses respectively. Rates for half yearly bus pass would be Rs.2500 for ordinary buses and Rs.3900 for AC buses. Similarly, Rs. 4800 would be charged for yearly bus pass of ordinary buses and Rs.7400 for AC buses.The Minister said that the facility would prove beneficial for general public in a big way. He said that passes would be valid only in the municipal limits of the concerned city and for travel in any city bus of the respective category. There would be no limitation of number of trips. AC pass holders can travel in ordinary city buses but ordinary bus pass holder would not be entitled to travel in AC buses. The passenger would have to carry bus pass in original and produced on demand by the staff, he added.He said that general public bus passes would be issued at each depot headquarter on all working days. The person willing to get general bus pass has to fill up a prescribed form along with a photograph and deposit the same in the depot concerned alongwith requisite fee. The computerized bus pass would be issued the same day. He said that photograph is not required on renewal of such passes.

Chandigarh 24th July:-The national committee of Bhartiya Rastriya Congress Brigade has appointed Sunil Rajput as national general secretary-main wing. This appointment has been made by the National President of Bhartiya Rastriya Congress Brigade, Manjeet Singh Kalsy,

Mohali 24th July:--Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh organized "Aryans-SC/ST/OBC Counseling" at Aryans Campus situated on Chandigarh-Patiala. Hundreds of students participated in the Counseling and 64 students were selected for different courses like B.Tech, B.Tech (LEET), MBA, BBA, BCA, B.Ed, B.Com, B.A., Polytechnic, Nursing (GNM), +1, etc under scholarship. Those who could not participate in the Counseling due to any reason can contact on Toll Free helpline No. 1800-30000-388.

Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges while giving this information said that this counseling enlightened the students about the various scholarship schemes. He added that the students were made aware about various aspects of Scholarship including eligibility criteria, amount of scholarship, procedure to apply, etc. Dr Kataria further said that there are various Scholarship Schemes available to SC/ST/OBC students. But students are not fully aware of all those schemes due to which they leave their studies in between as the cost of education is very high. He added that today Aryans tried to help these students by providing them proper counselling.

Mohali 24th July:--Shemrock School Mohali, today organized Blood Donation Camp at its campus. As many as 43 seniorstudents, teachers & supported staff donated the blood. The Blood Donation Camp was inaugurated by Principal Air Commodore (Rtd.) S.K.Sharma. President M.L Gupta, past presidents Mrs. Sneh Popli and Mr.Sham Rawal also (Director of youth organization Chd Shivalik) & Rotarion Mrs.Sunanda Jain also graced the occasion. The pre-donation and post-donation care was done under the expert supervision of the team of doctors from the Blood Bank Society of Sec 37 Chandigarh. Blood donors were served snacks before and after the blood donation by the Institution.

Principal S.K.Sharma appreciated the enthusiasm among the students who donated the blood. He further said that if we could motivate people, they will also come forward to donate blood. It creates awareness among the masses that by donating blood we do not lose anything but through this noble act, they could potentially save precious life of some one. He further added that there was hardly any other service to humanity as noble and virtuous as the donation of blood.

Mohali 24th July:--To create awareness amongst the students and the residentsabout the importance of trees in life,Anee'sSen Sec School Mohali & Kharar organized Plantation Drive Day in the school premises. The young students included themselves in number of activities for spreading the message Healthy and Pollution-Free Environment. The school chairman C.A. Mr. Aneet Goel, planted a sapling to commence the event and inspired the children to contribute towards saving our planet and environment. Saplings were distributed to students and teachers also to plant at home.

MrAneet Goyal, Chairman, Anee group of school motivated students keep their surroundings neat and tidy. Apart from this he spoke to the children about the importance of trees. He ignited the young minds into action to safeguard the ecological balance of nature. The inspired them to plant saplings in and outside their school premises and take responsibility to nurture of them and spend some time in the lap of nature to nurture them. He also motivated the students to use natural resources and asked them to shun the usage poly bags due to their harmful effects on nature.

The students from classes IV to X prepared placards Green Earth, Healthy Earth and took out a rally holding number of placards and colourful pictures with messages in the city. Through the rally they tried to ignite the spark of love for nature in the society. The rally was flagged off by the school chairman C.A. Mr. Aneet Goel. Students also took pledge to plant more and more trees to keep their environment greener and cleaner. Besides this saplings were planted in Mohali and Kharar campus of Anees Schooland studentstook responsibility to take care these plants .

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Chandigarh 23rd July:-To interact with bigwigs of the animation and Visual Effects (VFX) industry, Arena Animation, Chandigarh, gave an opportunity to all lovers of this creative pursuit. This was achieved through 'Perspectives' -- a seminar on Animation which familiarized prospective as well as current Animation students, with the latest tools & technology being used in the Industry.

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Director, , Arena Animation, said, that career avenues in Multimedia, Animation and VFX industry are growing.Viewing better prospects; Arena Animation announces an association with Pixar -- one of the World's largest animated Production house for offering Pixar Renderman Software to students. We have today launched new courses for aspirants that include new technologies like 3D Projection Mapping, Augmented reality, Pixar Renderman, Crowd Simulation, Houdini and many more.

The interactive session provided aspirants of Animation courses first –hand knowledge on Animation & New-age Technologies from International creative experts. Mr. Gaurav Malhotra, CEO and Co-Founder of ARTHA Animation talked about 'Scope & Career Opportunities', in Animation & VFX. It is noteworthy to mention that Mr. Gaurav has been instrumental in delivering a variety of projects like Tinker Bell (Disney), Planes (Disney), Noddy(BBF), Wendy(Red kite Animation), Jungle book and many more. Mr. Gaurav said, "The Visual Effects Industry is growing fast. There is a major requirement of skilled manpower for taking up animation and visual effects projects in Bollywood as well as Tellywood."

During the session, Prosenjit Ganguly, who is an alumnus and former Member of the Faculty of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, addressed students on the subject: 'Living Animation'. ProsenjitGanguly is a multifaceted Animation professional as he is a screenwriter, creative director, IP creator, stop-motion animator, voice artist and media educator. His short films have been showcased in more than 20 countries winning three international awards. According to Mr. Ganguly, "I explained to the young audience the creative process of Animation, from Script to Screen. My emphasis was also on how the audience of children was growing in animation and the need for making software to meet demands of this market. The scope of developing Animated property for International broadcasters was also immense.

DrRajan Johri, Managing Partner, LeadWynn Inc, and an alumnus of IIT, Delhi spoke on Changing mindsets to co-create a new way of working and institutionalizing a modern and future oriented work ethos. Rajan is a 'creative' professional and has conceptualized and produced training films. What's more, as Principal Consultant with the Leadership Development Board at HCL Technologies, he handled prestigious projects for Indian Railways and Indian Police.

Chandigarh 23rd July:-To bring the art and artists's pride on the government agenda some of the topmost artists from the field of art, culture and education arena of City Beautiful came together to support the idea of Prof. D S Kapoor, former Principal of Govt College of Art, Chandigarh. Prof Kapoor's initiative 'Jai Kalakar' was launched at Chandigarh Press Club today. Present on the occasion were Gurcharan Singh Channi (Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi), renowned Sculpture Artist Shiv Singh, TV and Film personality Ms Savita Bhatti, Educationist Prof Balwinder Singh, Malkit Singh and Jodh Singh, among others.

While interacting with media Prof D S Kapoor said, that Jai Jawan Jai Kisan was a slogan given to India by Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, who was the Prime Minister of India in 1965. It is a salute to soldiers and the farmers. So popular has been this slogan that many patriotic songs have been written, acted and sung by great Indian Kalkars in the past for feature films on this very slogan. While we hail soldiers who protect our life and the farmers who feed us; shouldn't art also be hailed that washes the dust of daily life off our soul? Therefore, hetook the agenda – 'Jai Kalakaar' – Hail the artist!

He said, that art is the gateway to the soul; it is a medium uniquely well suited to helping us with some of the troubles of inner life. I feel it soothes the inner self and help us overcome our desire for material things, our fear of the unknown, our longing for love, and our need for hope. I request our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to accept my slogan and bestow the honour and pride on India's countless artists who have been instrumental in positioning India as the incredible destination all over the world. He himself being a lover of art, would consider our cause and come forward in support."

Prof Kapoor further said, that Kalakar, in my opinion, plays a spiritual role in society. God is a creator, a supreme Kalakar. He made human beings, animals, birds and the natural world; sunset, sunrise, beaches, mountains, waterfalls, green pastures, lakes, forests etc. Look around, India stands as an example of rich art and craft. Be it the Ajanta and Ellora caves, the Mughal Architecture or the Rajasthani handicrafts – Art takes myriad forms in India and the artists emerge as the sentinels of this heritage. Even the performing arts also come in the category.

Chandigarh 23rd July:-Harphool Chander Kalyan, Mayor, Municipal Corporation Chandigarhtoday flagged offCleanliness Drive-cum- Awareness Campaign inVillage Kajehri. The drive was carried out in the presence of area Councillor Smt. Sheela Devi and the officials of Sanitation & Pest Control Wing of Municipal Corporation for upkeep of the Village sanitation in addition to regular sanitation.Mayor took note of the parks and roads also in the area. He instructed the concerned officers to start allotted works as earlier as possible.

This drive was launched in addition to regular sanitation by deploying additional Safaikaramcharies in small groups under the close supervision of the area Health Supervisor/ Chief Sanitary Inspector for getting the public places/ open spaces etc. swept.Lime dusting was done at all vulnerable places to avoid fly nuisance.

Safaikaramchariesalso made an impressive rally in publicizing awareness among the residents by carrying placards depicting the messages for the residents to cooperate in sustaining the sanitation of the village. It was also insisted upon not to litter the streets/ open spaces in order to maintain the sanitation of their area.Information Education and communication (I.E.C.) Activities were done by the Municipal Corporation among the residents in order to bring change in public behaviour as to Management of Solid Waste.Pamphlets in Hindi/English as to Do's and Don'ts on garbage disposal were distributed amongst the residents.The residents were educated not to burn garbage/ dry leaves etc. as it causes air pollution.It was stressed through public address system that no littering be done by the public in order to keep their area clean.

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Chandigarh 17th July:-To celebrate French Day, Students of The British School, Chandigarh participated in an Intra-class French Group song competition. The entire exercise was conducted in order to build French speaking skills in the students and at the same time inculcate a love for different cultures.To make the celebrations more colourful, a healthy salad competition in which the junior wing students participated was also organised. Creativity of both parent and student was evident in the beautiful display of peacocks carved out of vegetables, watermelon fruit baskets and bicycles created from capsicum. The event not only helped students unwind and enjoy themselves but also built their Inter-personal skills.

Mrs. Mona Sethi, Principal, said that the French Day celebration was an activity, which helped students gain awareness about France and the French language. The Salad competition was an icing on the cake and a good way to wrap up the event.

According to Mannat a student who took part in the French Day Celebrations, said that it was an exciting activity I learnt more about French culture and enjoyed the salad competition too.

Mohali 17th July:--Anee's School organized an orientation program for the students who Rejoin its campus today . During the orientation program the new comers were introduced to the institution profile, infrastructure, rich faculty experiment the exciting world of education audio visual aids& presentations. While new Beginning of life started, Children enjoyed their welcome Party. They were shown movies related to studies and their favourite cartoons. They learned values through these movies and helped to improve their listening skills.

Aneet Goel, Chairman, Anee's group of schools was the chief guest. He discussed the personality traits. He emphasized the importance of positive attitude, dedication, commitment and discipline. He added that students should aim high to achieve the chosen positive goal of life. Aneet Goel also stressed on need of updating of knowledge by making use of the well furnished library of the school and excellent Internet facility. While addressing the newcomers, He said that she had great faith in students who would soon realize that their decision of choosing Anee's has proved to be a fruitful one. He said that the institute offers a right blend of traditional and modern cultural, academic and professional opportunities for overall development.

After the warm welcome party Children were taken to nearby fields to experience harvesting season. They were exposed to seasonal crops, food obtained from wheat crop. Daily routine food products were shown during the fields. Life is discovery, new day, new experience. In order to make it practical, teachers of Anee's enable students listen stories using puppets. The Students enjoyed the moral stories and learn lessons of life.

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Chandigarh 16th July:-R S Sachdeva, Co-Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomed the skill development initiatives of the Punjab Government. He also Indicated that the stress on the creation of Skill Development infrastructure in the Budget presented by Punjab Finance Minister, here today, would lead to furnishing of the requisite skilled manpower to the industry. He added that the upgradation of Technical Education department to Department of Technical Education and Skill Development would definitely lead to meeting up the skill development needs of the State. Chandigarh International Civil Air Terminal being functional by December, 2014 would surely better the connectivity and give the growth of the area a boost.

However, describing poor infrastructure at industrial zones as a hindrance for growth, the industry has demanded more funds to be earmarked for the upkeep and maintenance of focal points and industrial areas,R S Sachdevasaid, that there is an urgent need to maintain and upgrade industrial areas and focal points and the state government should address this issue, We request the government to review the iron and steel sector, which was put in negative list of industries in the industrial policy, so as to enable the sector attract new investments.

Dalip Sharma, Director, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomed the proposal of setting up of a Multi Skill Development Center at Ludhiana with a training capacity upto 10,000 candidates annually, which would help the local youth to come into the employment fold. Dalip Sharma further said, that proposals to set up Footwear Development and Design Institute at Banur, IT City at Mohali, 1600 acre Educity, 1700 acres IT City, besides a Medicity and upgradation of 6 ITIs would enhance the skill sets of the youth in the State and make them employable.

Chandigarh 16th July:-After revolutionizing the worlds of singing and dancing with Sa Re Ga Ma Pa & DID respectively, Zee TV is all set to make a similar impact in the world of acting with its brand new offering - 'Cera presents Cinestars Ki Khoj powered by Glam Up'. The show is a hunt for the most versatile, talented cine starswho has it in them to light up the silver screen with their acting prowess and charisma!Having concluded a nationwide series of auditions across 18 cities in an attempt to unearth the most promising acting talent from every nook and corner of the country, the show has finally come shortlisted its Top 30 contestants. Making a place for themselves amongst the 30 shortlisted contestants are Abhimanyu Kak of Chandigarhand Meenu Panchal of Haryana.

Hailing from Chandigarh, Abhimanyu Kak,said that his stardom journey began as an RJ at the age of 14, and earned the tag of being youngest RJ ever. Being the lead vocalist of his rock band, Abhimanyu is an all-rounder. He said that apart from acting and singing, he plays guitar, writes and composes his own songs. Having done a lot of theatre during his Graduation and Post Graduation days, Abhimanyu added that these days they are getting training to groom their acting. Dancing and speaking skills. He is very much hopefull to make it to the 'Blockbuster Barah'

Whereas Haryana girl Meenu Panchal shared that she was also a part of Dance India Dance season 2 and was amongst the Top 8 contestants. Being inspired by Salman Khan, she believes in striving hard and doing all it takes to make it big someday. With the judges thinking of her as a fairly mature actor, she stands a good chance at being selected for the 'Blockbuster Barah'. She said that she did lots of assignments as a assistant choreographer with renowned choreographer.

With the judges panel consisting of a renowned director like Vijay Krishna Acharya and the gorgeous SonaliBendre, the award-winning filmmaker AnuragBasu, joins the panel starting next week. The channel and production houses Essel Vision Pvt Ltd and TrompeL'oielMediaPvt Ltd. are considering other various mentors from the industry who will come in at various points to coach and help the contestants give their best. Parineeti Chopra and AyushmannKhurana, who embody the picture of India's emerging youth and all its aspirations, were called upon to guide and inspire the contestants with their own examples in the audition phase.

The show will put its participants through a slew of challenging rounds designed to test their creativity and ability of enacting a variety of different roles. Spanning varied genres such as romance, comedy, drama, dance and action, the contestants will be called upon to prove their versatility, presence of mind, spontaneity and sheer mettle across a number of different acting styles.

Mohali 16th July:--"Aryans Admission cum Scholarship Counselling" has been organized by Aryans Group of Colleges at its Campus situated on Chandigarh-Patiala Highway, Near Chandigar, in which more than 100 students took part. Out of this, 13 students were selected for 50% scholarship and 3 students for 100% scholarship in various courses. The selection was done on merit cum means basis.

Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges while giving this information said that under Dr Kiran Bedi Scholarship Scheme, Aryans decided to give scholarship to 25 meritorious students out of which 5 students would get 100% scholarship and 20 students would get 50% scholarship. He added that after today's counseling, 2 seats are left for 100% scholarship and 7 seats are left for 50% Scholarship. Dr Kataria told that the students who have passed 10th, 12th and Graduation participated in the Counselling today and took admission in Professional courses like MBA, BBA, BCA, B.A., B.Tech 1st Year (Civil, Mechanical, CSE, EEE & ECE), B.Tech (LEET),B.Ed, B.Com,Polytechnic, Nursing (GNM), +1, etc Prof A P Jain, Director, Aryans Group said that today, first of all the students participated in a special counseling session in which they were made aware about the eligibility criteria, subjects, fees, Career Prospects etc. of all the courses according to their qualification. Then Aryans experts handled the queries of the students. He further told that after that the eligible candidates participated in Scholarship Interviews and few meritorious students were given scholarship on the spot.

Prof B S Sidhu, Registrar, Aryans Group said that there are various career options available to the students after completing 10th, 12th and Graduation. But students are not fully aware of all those options, due to which either they go by the choice of their friends or sometimes choose such courses which have less career prospects. He added that today Aryans tried to help these students by providing them proper counseling and students turned up with their parents.

Chandigarh 16th July:-CII welcomed the Punjab State Annual Budget for 2014 -15. Complementing the Finance Minister & state Government for presenting a balanced and welfare oriented Budget, Sanjeev Pahwa, Chairman, CII Punjab State Council & Managing Director, Ralson India Limited remarked that, the focus of the budget seems more towards social sector development with emphasis towards development of Infrastructure in Power, Roads, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation, Skill Development & Health. As no new Budgetary announcements or allocations have been done to promote either new or existing Industry on the pretext of the provisions announced in the newly released Punjab Investment Policy 2013. Sanjeev Pahwa hoped that Government will do well, if it implements the provisions of its New Industrial & Investment policy 2013 in letter and spirit.

Harish Chavan, Vice Chairman, CII Punjab State Council & Chief Operating Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra (FES) complimented the state Government's decision to invest in developing the human resource of the state by setting up a Multi Skill Development Centre under PPP mode in Ludhiana. He also appreciated the Government's intent to develop Physical Infrastructure of Roads & Bridges including earmarking Rs 500 Crores for rural link roads & upgradation of rural roads. He suggested that the state Government may like to allocate some money for strengthening Physical Infrastructure in Focal Points, Industrial Areas & also around Industry located in rural areas.

D L Sharma, Past Chairman CII Punjab State Council & Director Vardhman Textiles Limited lauded the state Government's focus towards addressing the issues of Drug de addiction, providing affordable healthcare, and developing the human resource of the state by skilling the youth. He hoped this would go long way in creating productive manpower as per Industry requirements and bridging the Industry academia gap.

Pikender Pal Singh, Regional Director, Northern Region, complimented the Finance Minister for doing a reasonable job by walking the tightrope considering the given fiscal constraints. He appreciated the Minister's intent to go for financial consolidation besides the setting up of institutes such as AIIMS, IIM and developing new smart cities will help in unlocking tremendous growth potential of the state.

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Mohali 15th July:--To honor the symbol of strength and support, father's day was celebrated at Anee's School, Mohali & Anee's School Kharar . The children put up a cultural show for their fathers who were cordially invited and were also felicitated with flowers and hand-made cards by their children. Children spoke a few lines on their father; little ones sang songs, poems for their fathers. The fathers were also given an opportunity to show their love for their children this was followed by fun and frolic; fathers enjoyed participating in different games like soccer, leg race, 1min show and tell, foot race. Bond between fathers and daughters is very special; to make this more enjoyable father were asked to tie plaits of their daughters. Gifts were distributed to the winners. Fathers also spoke few lines on this occasion.

Director Aneet Goel delivered a message about the importance of father in the overall development of a child. He said at this occasion that the bonding between a mother and child is definitely stronger. She brings up the children and hence emotions towards her are much more. The father is perceived just as a provider and an authoritarian figure. A slow change is creeping in. Fathers are trying to do things with their children and closeness is coming. While Mother's Day was celebrated in scores of schools, Father's Day is not celebrated in few schools, due to summer vacations even it was not possible but today we are celebrating this event at Anee's group of Schools.

Principal Mrs. Harpreet Grewal wished fathers on father's day and discussed about the strong need of fathers in upbringing of children. At the end, cakes were also cut and gifts were distributed to the participants.